In 2007 the Boundary Commission's review led to minor changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes.The changes were approved in 2007 and came into effect at the 2010 general election.[3]

The closest the Labour Party has come to winning the seat was in the 1997 general election, when the Conservative majority was reduced to just 1,185. Eddisbury consists of mainly rural villages and small towns which are favourable to the Conservative party; Labour currently has local councillors only in two wards, in the constituency's largest town, Winsford. Labour fell from second to third place in the 2010 general election — the Conservative candidate held the seat with a majority of over 13,000 and a Liberal Democrat moved into second place.

General Election 1939/40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal National: Richard John Russell, Liberal: William Gretton Ward.

^The districts of Chester, of Crewe and Nantwich (Borough) and of Vale Royal (Borough) were abolished on 1 April 2009 when they became part of the new unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East; however, the boundaries of the parliamentary constituency remain fixed according to the wards in operation at 12 April 2005